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8A York Place, 8, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9562 / 55°57'22"N

Longitude: -3.1924 / 3°11'32"W

OS Eastings: 325647

OS Northings: 674325

OS Grid: NT256743

Mapcode National: GBR 8ND.VC

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.XKZ8

Plus Code: 9C7RXR45+F2

Entry Name: 8A York Place, 8, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 8 and 8A York Place, Including Railings

Listing Date: 14 September 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370708

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29977

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 8, 8a York Place

ID on this website: 200370708

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Alexander Laing, 1798. 3-storey, attic and basement 3-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floors, 1st and 2nd floors; cill course at 1st floor; projecting cills at 2nd floor; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched tripartite doorway in bay to left at principal floor, incorporating 4-panel timber door flanked by pilasters and 3-light sidelights and aprons, surmounted by radial semicircular fanlight; windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (6 and 6A York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (10 and 10A York Place).

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Later rectangular dormer to right. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stack; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, a significant examples of urban planning in Britain. Feuing in York Place began in 1793, after Lord Alva sold land to the north east of St Andrew Square to the city.

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